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Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Company leads the Hyundai Motor Group, a wide-reaching business capable of processing resources from molten iron to finished cars.

Car production began in 1968 from its Ulsan Plan in South Korea with the assembly of Ford's Cortina. Production of its own Hyundai Pony, the first Korean passenger car, began in 1976.

Hyundai Motor has eight manufacturing bases and seven design and technical centres worldwide and in 2015, sold 4.96 million vehicles globally.

With more than 100,000 employees worldwide, Hyundai Motor continues to enhance its product line-up with localised models and strives to strengthen its leadership in clean technology, starting with the world’s first mass-produced hydrogen-powered vehicle, ix35 Fuel Cell.